The crusades through Arab eyes / Amin Maalouf ; translated by Jon Rothschild.

By: Maalouf, AminContributor(s): Rothschild, Jon [translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : Schocken Books, ©1984Description: xvi, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0805208984; 9780805208986Uniform titles: Croisades vues par les Arabes. English Subject(s): Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258 | Crusades | Crusades | Islamic Empire | Kruistochten | 750-1258Genre/Form: History.DDC classification: 940.18 | 909.097671 LOC classification: DS38.6 | .M3213 1984Other classification: 15.75
Contents:
Invasion (1096-1100) -- Occupation (1100-1128) -- Riposte (1128-1146) -- Victory (1146-1187) -- Reprieve (1187-1244) -- Expulsion (1244-1291).
Summary: The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today.--Publisher description.
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Translated into English from the original French.

The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today.--Publisher description.

Translation of: Les croisades vues par les Arabes.

This translation originally published in Great Britain by Al Saqi Books, London, in 1984.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index.

Invasion (1096-1100) -- Occupation (1100-1128) -- Riposte (1128-1146) -- Victory (1146-1187) -- Reprieve (1187-1244) -- Expulsion (1244-1291).

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